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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues December 1932 - January 1933 Through December 1934
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: New Year's Greetings telephoned to Mother in England; Echoes of Turkish Telephony; What people talk about during long distanc calls; Industry advances in 1932 despite business losses; First Bermuda call was boon to navigation company; Statement of Development, January 1, 1933 - provides statistics on the number of telephones working in each community of B.C.; West Vancouver celebrates 21st birthday; Entertainment programme telephoned from Vancouver to Victoria; John Lawson - phone pioneer of West Vancouver; John Henry Ward retires; Royal City students visit phone office; New employee sales campaign has been organized; An ounce of prevention; Fred Meloche has retired; We can talk to the Holy Land; Bowen Island annual picnic; C.A. McMaster; Telephone echoes from India; Who can solve the mystery of B.C.'s first telephone?; Telephone people on job despite earthquake; Hungry people make most work for telephone operators; B.C. Telephone Basketball Team; Statement of Development, May 1, 1933 - a table showing the number of telephones in each community of the province; W.H. Cooke; Victoria to London via All-Red Telephone Route; Vancouver-London conversation heard across Canada; Bowen Island Picnic; Gold Rush turns spotlight on Bridge River Valley; R.G. Roach Retires; An address by Miss Nell Rowbottom, agent, Nanaimo; Beware of Holiday Hazards; Port of New Westminster sets new shipping record; Speedy repairs after Cumberland fire - text and photos; George McCartney (Mr. Mac) retires; A Haircut for the Trans-Canadian Line; George Williamson of the Slocan retires; Toll Lines Restored for Christmas after two weeks of havoc - 6 pages of amazing photos and text; We can talk to the Flathead Valley; The Plant Library is at your service; Two Mining Areas Brought Within Telephone Reach - Anyox and Campbell River (opens up Stewart, Alice Arm and Premier Arm) - great photo of the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Limited; Col. Victor Spencer's voice travels record distance by phone; Telephone to the rescue; Operators' Problems Explained in Radio Interview; Telephone plays prominent part in fight against forest fires - 2 pages with photos; Telephone queries add spice to newspaper life; Electrical Men Meet at Nanaimo; Ernest Moore passes away; New construction project to improve Bridge River service - 2 pages with photos; B.C. Nickel project given service; A telephone pole becomes a Bug's Breakfast - 3 pages with interesting photos and text; Barnston Island receives service; Sculling champ, Edward Snead, retires; Telephone Exchange Established in Bridge River Area - 3 pages of text and photos; Construction programme under way in the Albernis; Ralph S. MacPherson; Photo of the 'Morro Castle' afire; Roy (Dutch) Harris of East Kootenay dies; 'Mystery Mountain' claims life of Alec H. Dalgleish; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1931 Through December 1931
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made, in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House (mouse moves into pay phone); Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1930 Through December 1930
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1925 Through December 1925
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Some of the troubles repairmen encounter - 6 pages with photos; Uses of the ringing macine - text and photo; Rope for many purposes made at Sapperton factory - 5 pages with great photos; Repairs made to San Juan Cable; Test calls made to eastern centers; Misues of toll circuits is costly Statement of Development - chart of # of telephones in service in towns throughout the province; Great full-page photo plus article on the "Aorangi" - largest motorship in the world, arriving in Vancouver; Increasing importance of Australasia; How much power is required to operate a phone? - 6 page article with photos; San Juan Cable pulled out of place; Central Information Office - 3 pages; New Douglas exchange relieves pressure on Seymour office; Accounting department story; The ladies take up ice hockey - 2 pages; Crude carbonic acid is wooden conduit's elixir of youth - with photo; Fred Meloche; Great cover photo of a trainload of coal leaving the Extension Mine on Vancouver Island; Revenue Accounting group photo plus office shots; 5-page mining industry feature with great photos; Change to Stub system successful; Traffic Fundamentals - 3 pages; fantastic Victoria Harbour photo including the new Princess Marguerite and the Princess Kathleen; 4 page article with photo - 'diplomats' at the adjustment counter; 5 page feature on the cement industry with photos and operating details of the Bamberton plant; Cable laid across Saanich Inlet - photos; 9 page Fraser River feature with many photos; Company's underground program largest in years - 4 pages with photos; Six page feature of Victoria's Crystal Garden - many great photos; Supplies Department - 3 pages with photos; How the phone was brought to far off lands; Qualifications and duties of a Chief Operator; wonderful interior photos of the new Princess Marguerite and Princess Kathleen; Mount Benson Forestry lookout served by telephone - 2 photos including view of Gulf of Georgia (Strait); CNRV photos and article; Toll dispatch system adopted; Six passenger steamers added to coastal fleets of B.C.; Company again using clay conduit; An Agent's responsibilities; New Collingwood exchange; Operation of building department explained; Company cafeteria system; Cuba talks to Vancouver; Bent Plugs system; Gymnasium class for company men; The Longest Cable in the World - New York to Chicago; George McCartney goes touring again; Photos by phone opens a vast field; Six-page features on Kerrisdale with many great photos plus additional sensational 2 page centerfold of great Kerrisdale homes; Common battery system installed in Trail; New toll testing equipment provided at Vancouver; New test used in cutting over working lines in cables; Advice on thrift; North Shore prospects enhanced by the New (Lion's Gate) Bridge - 9 page article with fantastic photos and illustrations; The Old Toll Desk recalls some telephone history - 5 pages; Phone stories from abroad; Excellent 11 page article on the Telephone Toll Trails of Vancouver Island - with many great photos; Electric drills and rats are enemies of cables; Safeguarding the career of the microwatt; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is almost entirely loose. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle up Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1924 Through December 1924
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier, Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges, complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos (re: sea lions, contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"); archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district (i.e. the lower Fraser Valley) of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors (Salvagers) with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S., with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C., with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a Book
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British Columbia Western Fish and Wildlife June 1975 Vol. 10, No. 5
46 pages. Features: Atlantic Salmon - First of 3 parts - What can they teach us about steelhead?; The B.C. Flyfisher - The Tackle and Terminal Gear; Peace River Expedition - 1st of 3 parts; Hatcheries and the Angler - First of Two parts; Smutting - Don't cuss the midgets, duplicate them; The "Mosquitoes"; Okanagan Lake. Light wear. Address label upon front cover. Very nice copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, January/February 1976, Vol. 11 No. 1 *SPECIAL ALBERTA ISSUE*
Features: Prehistoric Plainsmen; Fort Chipewyan; Saint Albert; Writing on Stone - Milk River Valley; The Ranching Saga of Southern Alberta; Home, House and Temple Among the Plains Indians; Oil City, Alberta; Some Early Travellers' Accounts of Alberta; The Mountains in Maps; The Frontier Art of R.B. Nevitt; Gerald Tailfeathers; Carl Rungius - An Artist's View of Nature; Architectural Heritage; Heritage Park; Ukrainian Vernacular Architecture; Medalta Pottery; Saddles; Hutterites - The Peaceful People; Cattle Brands; From an Alberta Kitchen; Beadwork by Alberta Native Peoples; The Doukhobors; Museums in Alberta; and more. Average wear. Date hand-written atop front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Collector Magazine, July/August 1975, Vol. 10 No. 4 - Etobicoke's Montgomery Inn
Features: Two Early Perth Houses - The McMartin House and Inge-Va; Green Park - the farm and home of James Yeo of Prince Edward Island (PEI);. Toronto Stained Glass Windows; Thomas Montgomery and the Montgomery Inn, Etobicoke, Ontario; Dalnavert - 61 Carlton, St., Winnipeg; The Birdman of Middle River - Nova Scotia Painter Burland E. Murphy; Lynde House - Whitby, Ontario; Todmorden Mills; Curtain Tie-Backs; Matheson House - One of the finest remaining Georgian structures in Ontario; The Quilt in the Jet Age; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Geographic Magazine, February/March 1983 - Lodgepole Runaway Gas Well
90 pages. Features/Articles: Airships - key to Canada's frontiers?; The Exciting First Dirigible Visit to Canada; - the R-100; Raising the Hamilton and Scourge - U.S. Warships sank during war of 1812; Huge warships were built on both sides of Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; Young Inuit learn, earn at archeological sites; Old Montreal its old self once again; Wild Orchids - exquisite, irresistible, vulnerable; Fish Habitat re-created in Coquihalla River diversion; The Spectacular dunes of Prince Edward County; New Downtown for the nation's capital - $500 million facelift in Rideau Street area; Folk art on tour - A show organized by the National Museum of Man - From the Heart, Folk Art in Canada; The Lodgepole runaway gas well - the most fearsome natural gas blowout in the history of the Alberta petroleum industry lasted 68 days and affected almost everyone in the province. Average wear. Clean and unmarked. Two-inch opening at bottom of cover fold. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Merchant Service Guild - 1939 Annual (Yearbook)
32 pages. Index. Index of advertisers. Report of President, Captain Jas. W. Watt; Photos of five guild officials; Pen Picture of a typical American Sailor - an article by Meyer Berger from a New York paper; Port of Vancouver, B.C.; Steamboat Round the Bend, by H.L. Sacret - working on the Mackenzie River; Forty Years Ago on the B.C. Coast; Captain Oliver Williams - Coast Superintendant; Great photo of Union Bay coaling berths; Steam is Far From Finished; Jemmy Jones, Mariner Extraordinary. Union Steamships link the Coast Communities of British Columbia; Norwegian Honour for British Crew - the SS. Chelohsin; Captain Thomas Rippon - Respected Brother Passes; Vancouver Built - SS. Alaska, Hull No. 1 of the Coughlan Yards of False Creek; Whence Came the McMillans - a man goes overboard in October 1900; Captain Ernie Landheim Joins Pilots; Great photo of the large (Searle?) Grain Elevator on Fraser River, New Westminster; There Was Money in Privateering - The Harmsworth Cup; Shipmasters who became Shipowners; Yo Ho and a Bottle of Rum; Obituaries. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. An informative and engaging read. Book
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Canadian National Magazine, July 1946, Volume 32, Number 7: Joan Fontaine Cover Photo
50 pages. Features/Articles: Cover photo of Joan Fontaine, who starred with Bing Crosby in "The Emperor Waltz", filmed in Jasper; Unity of Purpose - delegates from all parts of the C.N.R. system in Canada and the U.S. met in Montreal on June 11th; Jasper goes Hollywood - filming of The Emperor Waltz - with photos; T.C.A. links Canada with Chicago - soon service to Cleveland will begin; A Century of Progress - The Great Western Railway from Hamilton to London; Vancouver's Diamond Jubilee; Waterway for Salmon - Hell's Gate fishways on the C.N.R. and C.P.R. sides of Fraser River Canyon; He Knows his Race Tracks - Jim Quinn, operator, Canadian National Telegraphs, Toronto; Meet Mr. Saskatchewan - E.G. Wickerson; System News; Dozens of photos of new names on pension roll; Departmental Doings; Photo of one of the largest single-unit freight shipments ever handled by rail - a 100-ton crude oil fractioning tower for McColl Frontenac Oil Company at Montreal; Lots of company news; Young Railroaders' Club; Coke ad on back cover; and more. Address label on back cover. Unmarked. Three inch opening to top edge of front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian National Railways Magazine, July, 1935, Vol. XXI, No. 7
34 pages. Stories: Commuters by the Million - in London; The Snake Indian went Wild - operating trains up and down the centre of a rapidly-flowing river bed near Devona;Letters of a Sea Cadet - the second of a series of letters written by a cadet in the Canadian National Steamship service to his chum, a railroad man in Canada; The Railways and Development in Canada; Telegraphy - Past and Present; Through Canada's Provinces; Out of the Night (a story); 'Rotten Bologna Sausage' - recollections of a veteran of the Northwest Rebellion; Grand Trunk Agents in Session; the '84-mile Bridges - Car ferries on Lake Michigan; With the staff across Canada; Woman's Section; and much more. Please note that 3"x 4" clipping has been removed from page 34. Great 'Ford V8' ad inside back cover. Above-average wear but still intact. A great keepsake from the glory days of rail transportation in Canada. Book
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Canadian West Magazine - Summer 1987
Features: Historic Zeballos; The Upper Kootenay River Canal; The War Orders; Queen of the Klondike (conclusion). Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
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Canadian West Magazine - Summer 1989
Features: Massacre at Woody Point; Bennett City; Sam Greer; Leech River Gold Rush. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
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Diver Magazine: 9 Issues from 1991
9 issues from 1991 including the following months: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Topics featured include: Cayman Islands; Port Hardy, B.C. Dolphins; Wreck of the A.W. Perry - Nova Scotia; Kingston and Killarney Shipwrecks; The Elusive Wrymouth; Barkley Sound, God's Pocket, Campbell River; Caribbean ABCs; Blackfish Sound; Wreck of the Emperor; Tropical Fish - in the Maritimes?; Indonesia - Exotic Diving; Yap, Saba, Catalina Island; Sunshine Coast, B.C.; Wreck of the Cornwall; Gulf Stream - Bahamas and Florida; Gargantua Harbour Wreck- Lake Superior; East Coast Anemone; Kona, Palau, CoCo View; Sidney, B.C.; St. Lawrence; Moon Jelly; Six Gill Sharks; Diving naturalist - temperate vs. tropical; B.C's Race Rocks; Diving with the RCMP - Search and Rescue; The US Virgin Islands; Sinking the G.B Church - New Canadian Artificial Reef; The Sea Cucumber; Construction Diving; Emeral Bay - wreck dive in Alberta; Panama; Thunder Bay; The Solomon Islands - WWII remnants; Diamond Knot - West Coast Wreck; Indonesia; Beluga Encounter off Cape Breton; Nudibranchs. Moderate wear. Sound copies. Book
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Diver Magazine: 9 Issues from 1992
Includes the following issues from 1992: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: Holiday Diving on Fiji's Matagi Island; Skookumchuck Narrows; Heron Island, Australia; Slides from Prints; Bahamas - 500 years since Columbus; Bella Bella - in Remote B.C.; Red Sea; Fate of the Falconer; The sprightly Seasprint; Floriday Keys; Bonaire; RCMP's Regina; Whidbey Island; Sea Stars; Diving the Capilano; Shoot Like a Pro; The Straits of Mackinac; MCD Strobes; Raratonga; Sherkston Quarry; Georgian Bay Wreck Dive; Luxury Diving abour Truk Agressor; Sipadan Island; Lost Cities of Micronesia; Artificial Reefs of Porteau Cove, B.C.; The Manatee; Fraser River Wreck Dive; Guanaja; Cabo San Lucas; Lake Dive; Underwater Video; The Green Sea Urchin; Scotia Cape; Cayman Connection; 'City of Vienna' in Halifax; Alaska - an exotic dive; The Cunner; Queen Charlotte Islands; Gulf Islands - B.C.'s Playground; Calabogie; Cozumel; Behind the Dolphin Smile; Ucluelet, Vancouver Island; Nova Scotia Wreck Challenge; Canada's Ice Diving; Belize Resort; Alberta's Project Habakuk; Dodd Narrows - current-swept passage in B.C.; Bristleworm. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
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Diver Magazine: 9 Issues from 1996
Includes the following issues: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: Bell Island, Newfoundland; Bahamas; Transpac Expedition; To House or not to House; Filming a Salmon's Struggle; Manola - half a shipwreck; Blissful Beqa Lagoon; St. Kitts; Shipwrecks of Bermuda; Batchawana - in Lake Superior; Octopus at Argonaut Warf; Arrow - Nova Scotia Shipwreck; Catalina; Emergency ascent Lines; Wilcox - Lake Erie Schooner; Adventure Diving in Newfoundland; Ice Diving and Asbestos; Joyland - the honeymoon wreck; Canadian Cayman Islands; Cozumel; A Tribute to Brooks Wetsuits; Reel Diving; Wrecked in Nova Scotia; Socorro; Ghost Fleet of the St. Clair River; Good Samaritan Laws; Sea Urchins of the Bay of Chaleur; Label Your Tanks; Quebec Overview; Barbados - shipwreck haven; Haida Gwai; Tobermory's shipwrecks; Hard water diving - Banff; Romancing the Providenciales; Island Namesake - Jane McLeod; Lumpfish; Thailand; State of the Oceans; The Coral Reef; Project Aware; Preserving the Marine Environment; They are Eating the Ocean; Race Rocks, B.C.; Record-Breaking Cave Dive; Dive in an Aquarium; Florida Reefs; Columbia Sinking; Great Lakes - Narrow Island's B.B. Buckhout; Mexico Cave Adventure; Nitrox to the Arctic; Photography 101. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: December 1994 - Canada's Cajun Cousins
Features: The New Nature - welcome to the world of digital media; Polar Energy - the annual gathering of Polar Bears near Churchill, Manitoba has brought tourism to the tundra; Swampbillies no longer - Canada's Cajun cousins are reborn on the bayou, leading a French revival in the Deep South; Spirit of the Land - a pilgrim's tribute to soul power in native North America; The Sorry Saga of Superjuice - Premarin is a popular menopause drug... Few users know the side effects of its creation - horses as urine machines and a fouled prairie river. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: January/February 1991 - Rafting the Tatsenshini
Features: Journey to the Ice Age - Rafting the Tatshenshini, North America's wildest and most endangered river; Cryptic Clues - Combing Peru's remote coast for traces of its ancient headhunting artists; The Kings of Riding Mountain - Manitoba's Black Bears are the biggest in the world... Preserving a place for them takes more than simple biological research; Small Wonders - Flea-sized machines fit for Alice in Wonderland may be the fixers of the future. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: November/December 1988
Features: Prairie Roots - 'My ancestors ran from the Ukraine so they could keep their beliefs. I intend to keep the culture alive.'; Embattled Giant - Pollution threatens to destroy British Columbia's mighty Fraser River; The Golden Alphabet - Deciphering the architecture of the avian empire; At Home in Every Country - A Canadian comes calling on the world's richest families; Art of the State - after 108 years of neglect, Canada's national art collection finds a handsome high-tech home; Sandman's Surprise - Once considered a state akin to death, sleep may in fact hold the key to our most creative moments. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: September 1999
Features: Kingdom in the Clouds - Kangchenjunga was once thought to be the world's highest mountain; Swimming into the Past - The St. Lawrence River as underwater playground and history teacher; Missing Angela - HIV is sweeping through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside; Wagner's Wonderland - a city-encircled wetland is a refugium for creatures great and small, and an army of volunteers is working hard to keep it that way; Remains of the Day - Giganotosaurus carolinii is the largest theropod known to science, but as a team of Argentinean and Canadian paleontologists recently discovered, in the world of dinosaurs, there's always a bigger bone to pick. Clean with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Equinox Magazine, November 1996 - No. 90
88 pages. Abundant colour photography. Features: George River Caribou; Junkyard Robots - built from worn-out watches and discarded Walkmans; Alberta's Lac Ste. Anne; Teeth - the amazing rocks in your head; A South Seas Mystery. Average wear. sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1981
Features: Remembering Lowell Thomas - patron of exploration; Northern Labrador Expedition - the Torngat Mountain Range; Birds, Bombs and Borders - migrants find refuge in disputed area north of the Sea of Galilee; From Sydney to Darwin - an Australian odyssey by motorcycle - Benjamin H. Shoemaker; In the Footsteps of the Dinosaurs - Peace River Canyon; Norwegian Explorers - their impact on Polar exploration; Obsidian Technology in Mexico - the cutting edge of an ancient culture; Journeys to the Gates of Hell - exploring the effects of nuclear explosions; Of Karyatids and Friezes - where marble was quaried for the age of Pericles. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, December 1984
Features: Birds of Paridise of Papua New Guinea; Quest for an 8,000-meter peak; African Wildlife Conservation - The Eleventh Hour; Rio Azul - Maya City of the Dead; Antarctic Search for Meteorites; Projeto Flora Expedition to Araca, Brazil; On the Desert Trail of Lawrence of Arabia; Natural History Guide to Tropical Isles and Seas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June 1980
Features: Solar Eclipse of 1980 - scientists race totality; Devils, Quolis, Dunnarts and Thylacines - a survey of Tasmanian mammals; Journey into Northern China - impressions of a scientist; A Geologist in Alaska - John C. reed on 45 years in the boondocks; Nebraska Miocene Giant Turtle - complete skeleton reveals new species; Niger - Tenere Expedition - geographical and archeological observations; Transglobe Expedition Now in Antarctica - British explorers circling globe on polar axis; Exploring Canada's Ellice River - observing Arctic tundra flora and fauna; New support for Archeological Discovery; Malaysia-Singapore Waterway Border - United Nations Law of the Sea problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, June/July/August 1983
Features: The Black River area of the Mosquito Coast, Honduras - Rio Tinto Expedition; The Footsteps of Liu - variety of amphibians and reptiles; Yellowstone - Nature's Laboratory; The Panama Choco Expedition - Flag 172; The Transglobe Expedition completes objectives and receives the Explorers Medal; A visit to South China. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1981
Features: The Right Whales of Patagonia - a diving and photographing expedition; Mount St. Helens Report - emergency measures taken to meet crisis; Rio Iglesia 1980 Expedition - the year of the Nitas; Vail Archeological Site Excavation - Maine site yields important finds; Guyana, Primeval Land - is it Doyle's "Lost World"; Search for Primitive Life Forms - Cyanidium caldarium may be missing link; The Mighty Roan - African antelope royalty; Japanese Monkey Performances - an ancient art revived; The Sumerian Paradise Puzzle Solved - alleged 'East" passage not on Deluge Tablet; Giant Ammonites Found in Turkey - Lytoceras in Jurassic formations. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, September 1980
Features: South Nahanni River Valley Expedition - a canoe-and-climb journey in Canada's Northwest Territories; Exploration of Today's World; Martin and Osa Johnson - exploration was their way of life; Arnold Hauerslev-Haverlee - an unorthodox explorer; Continued Exploration of Venus; Medical Detective in Africa - solution of an explosive medical mystery in Mali; Meteorites and Man-made Satellites - when they fall to earth; Observing Marine Mammals in Alaska - students gain field experience; Goal - to Penetrate Tibet - a hazardous 19th century attempt - Mr. T.T. Cooper. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, September 1984 - First Down Quebec's Whale River
Features: First Down Quebec's Whale River; Landsat - an aid to Exploration; Mysteries of the Pena Colorada; The Karo Batak of Sumatra Revisited; Aztec Warfare, Sacrifice and Cannibalism; Youth Activity Essay Contest; Sir Edmund P. Hillary - Honorary President. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Explorer's Journal, September 1986
Features: Canoeing the Hood River in Northwestern Canada; The Bronze Yaks of Centrral Asia; Cyprus; Peruvian Grave Robber's Gold; Rafting Sumatra's Alas River; The Ships of Nansen and Peary; Stratigraphy. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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GQ (Gentlemen's Quarterly) Magazine, November 2007 - Ryan Gosling Cover
288 pages. Features: Review of American Gangster; Francis Ford Coppola argues that doing business in Hollywood is bad for the soul; Bengal Chad Johnson's touchdown celebrations; Loel Lovell on money; Michael Hsu on making your pad more attractive - affordably; Fernando Botero tackles Abu Ghraib; Glenn O'Brien analyzes the sartorial choices of world leaders from W. to Kim Jong Il to Joseph Kabila; John McCain once seemed a shoo-in for the Republican nomination; Landmark trends of the past 50 years; Dressing up Dave Grohl in outfits under $200; Best Watches under $500; Chiwetel Ejiofor models designer suits; Uruguay's Punta del Este - The New Rio; Ten ways to wear a tweed sports jacket; Ryan Gosling - The Loner; Elizabeth Banks - funniest tramp in the room; A guide to London - the coolest city on the planet; Jerry Seinfeld interview; Kevin Durant - newest NBA superstar; Iraqis flee to Syria. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Happy Motoring - An Imperial Oil/Esso Publication: Volume 18, Number 4 - Eel Fishing in the Richelieu
Features: Eel fishing in the Richelieu at the twin towns of St. Jean and Iberville; Writing on Stone - Milk River, Southern Alberta; East Coast Totem Pole - John L. Bradford of Hunt's Point, Nova Scotia; Lillooet's Ice Cave - a freak of nature discovered near Lillooet, B.C. by Martin Chernault; Protecting Our Heritage - the work of Ducks Unlimited; The "Tent" that's Permanent - the Shakespearean Festival Theatre at Stratford, Ontario. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Happy Motoring - An Imperial Oil/Esso Publication: Volume 18, Number 1
Features: Elora Gorge on the Grand River; Sunny Okanagan; Crafts on the River Route - the shore road along the St. Lawrence River; Newfoundlanders' harvest of the sea - with photos of the good old fishing days; From Orchids to Horned Toads in the Cypress Hills of Alberta; Something different in Nova Scotia - changes to Citadel Hill and 'The Ovens". Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Happy Motoring - An Imperial Oil/Esso Publication: Volume 17, Number 1 - Senega-Root Diggers of Manitoba
Features: Pictures from five Canadian Zoos; Raising speckled trout at Balsam Creek, near North Bay, Ontario; The Senega-Root (Snake-root) Diggers of Manitoba; Alberta Handicrafts; The North Shore Highway from Baie Comeau to Quebec along the St. Lawrence River; Sandford Boat Hole - pine-sized picturesque harbour just north of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Happy Motoring: A Publication of Esso/Imperial Oil, Volume 16, Number 5, 1955 - Peterborough's Lift Lock
Features: Saskatchewan under one roof - the new museum of natural history in Regina; Canada's Wonder of the World - Peterborough's 65-foot hydraulic lift lock; Fundy's Lovely Isle; Scenes along the Thompson River in British Columbia; The Annual Sparta Parade in the little Quaker community south-east of St. Thomas, Ontario. Three-inch opening at top of cover fold. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Happy Motoring: A Publication of Esso/Imperial Oil, Volume 14, Number 3, 1953: Bay of Fundy
Features: The Land of Believe it or Not - great photos from the Bay of Fundy; Lac Le Jeune - Angler's Dream; Island of Orleans, below Quebec City on the St. Lawrence; Those Pesky Post cards; The Nature Programme in Algonquin Park; Dinosaur Valley - the banks of the Red Deer River in central Alberta (Drumheller); The International Peace Garden - astride the International border between Dunseith, North Dakota, and Boissevain, Manitoba; From the Mailbag of Eddit Torr. Drawing of contemporary gas pumps on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Happy Motoring: A Publication of Esso/Imperial Oil, Volume 11, Number 4, 1950: Yukon's Highway To The Sea
Features: Who says pioneering is a thing of the past? - Imperial Oil agent L.M. Fortin and his truck supply road contractors near Beattyville and Senneterre in Northwestern Quebec; Yukon's Highway to the Sea - taking the Haines Cutoff to the sea from the Alaska Highway; The Devil's Hills - Manitoba's desert, about 100 miles west of Winnipeg and 40 miles east of Brandon; Rollin' Along, Singin' A Song - Songs sung across Canada; Logging in the Gatineau - great photos - trucks on the frozen river; Muskoka Pioneers, by Anne Smyth; On to Peggy's Cove (continued from last issue); The Carillon across Canada. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Heritage, May/June 1997: The Magazine of the Heritage Canada Foundation - Revitalization of Winnipeg's West Broadway
Features: The revitalization process of West Broadway in Winnipeg; Heritage designation rewards Clayburn Village in B.C.; Southworks - an industrial site is reborn on the Grand River in Cambridge, Ontario; Hammond House demolished in Hull, Quebec; The Don Jail; Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Howard Pyle - The Artist and His Legacy: Exhbition Catalog
38 pages. Reference notes. Selected bibliography. Five colour prints, suitable for framing, in pocket. Please note: all pages present but, due to a binding error, four pages are loose. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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Island Cookery II - More All-time Favourites from Quadra Island
219 pages. Index. "These time-tested favourites offer delectable and unexpected variations. From prawns in mushrooms, artichoke pie, smoked salmon pasta, huckleberry hens, right through to Icelandic Ribbon Cake, disocover the tempting flavours from more than 250 recipes presented in this unique island cookbook." - from back cover. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
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Life Magazine, 9 December 1966 *THE VIETNAM DRAFT - WHO BEATS IT AND HOW*
152 pages. Features: Evading the Draft - major article; Spunky King Hussein fights to hold on in Jordan; Dino De Laurentiis - Moviemaker - nice photos; High end steam engine auction; Levi Smith's Bonus - 15 Grandchildren (part III); The day the Bible beat the monkeys - John Scobes and the Scopes trial; Adam Clayton Powell repels the press; Come with Mr. Capote to a Masked Ball - many photos; The perforated curtain - a surprise package in Eastern Europe (with photos); the sole surviving 'river Bushman' of Okavango swamps; Round wooden home overlooks Bolinas Lagoon; Too many pigeons in San Francisco. Great 2-page colour ad for the 1967 Barracuda! 1967 colour Buick ad. Average wear. Address label on front else unmarked. Book
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LiP Magazine - Informed Revolt, 1, Winter 2006 *The 'Relentlessly Persuasive' Propaganda Issue*
96 pages. Features: The River Vs. Water, Inc.; Propaganda, Public Relations, & the Not-So-New Dark Age; And now for something completely biased; Propagating popular resistance; "12 Steps" for Whiteness; Battle Tanks; Conveying Correctness; Madness & mass society; Failure by Design; The New Commission on Global Media; What is true for products is also true for countries; Reinventing truth; This typeface is changing your life. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Look Magazine, June 4, 1963
96 pages. Special Features:The People of Rio "Meet the vivacious, humorous and relaxed inhabitants of a stunning and genial city." and The Fight Against Prejudice "Racism and religious bigotry are deeply rooted in U.S. life, but the will to freedom and equality goes deeper. This is the moral of the uniquely American story of the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish human-rights organization". Other features include: Washington, D.C. Portrait of a Sick City; The lonely life of an Air Force wife - Capt. Richard Davis, Jean Davis; America's First Turbine Car; Are We Cheating Twenty Million Students?; The Real Crisis in Education and The Twins (Minnesota). Full page colour vintage print advertising includiing 1963 Rambler Classic V-8, Chevrolet Bel-Air, and Royal Crown Cola promoted by Dave Willingham. Above-average wear. Water stains throughout. Small mailing label front panel bottom left. Binding sound. Magazine
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Maclean's - Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine, November (Nov.) 19, 1979 - Iran Boils Again / Mavis Gallant
68 pages. Features: Nostalgic color-photo ad for Toshiba calculators inside front cover; Mavis Gallant - Exile in Her Own Write; Datsun 510 colour-photo ad; Canadian Church Choir Competition ad; Connie and Jenny Buck perform "Teletunes" singing-dancing telegrams; Masters of the Mountains - Bedouins of the Sinai; Iran Boils Again - feature article; People starving in East Timor - with graphic photo of children; Trouble in Bolivia; Jack Lynch visits the U.S.; The Life and Times of Anthony Scotto, President of New York's Local 1814 of the ILA; Poverty in Chicago; Dennis Kucinich unseated as Cleveland Mayor; Pierre Trudeau's Period of Adjustment; Jim Lewis of Merrit, BC accused of shipping bomb; Controversy over Alberta's purchase of photos from Roloff Beny; Edmonton debates construction of a convention centre; Montanans complain about impending pollution from new coal-fired Poplar River power plant in Saskatchewan; Controvery at the Gaelic College of St. Ann's, Cape Breton, NS; Good federal policy news for Canada's record industry; Pollution from the Dryden, Ontario pulp mill; Jean Piggot and Grete Hale decide to sell part of their Ottawa bakery division of Morrison Lamothe Inc. (ML); Celebrity photos of "The Biffs, Barbi Benton, George S. Gradow, Alexandra Stewart, and Mike Nesmith; CFL article by Trent Frayne; George Meany takes his leave from the AFL-CIO; Vancouver's Justice Institute; The new Forum des Halles in Paris; Book and film reviews; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 17 October 1964 - The Arctic Today
100 pages. Features: Fold-out front cover reveals a 3-panel colour ad for Ford cars; How Montreal's favourite cop chased away a persistent ghost - the Payfer familiy's apartment; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for the 1965 Beaumont; Our Double Image of Canada's North, by Blair Fraser; How Wealthy Sportsmen are plundering Tree River - the hottest spot in North America for the angler with an unlimited budget - article with photos; The Girl in the Forest - from novel by Fred Bodsworth; Arctic Hunt - a cruel contest where the prize is survival - great photos; An open letter to the French Canadian Nationalists, by Peter Gzowski; Sidney Katz argues that female spouses have the best of the marriage bargain; Montreal's fifth International Film Festival - article with nice photos; Quentin Reynolds describes how he went from smoking 4 packs per day to zero in five days; Nice two-page colour ad for the 1965 Pontiac Parisienne; Norman Ward tells father Five Ways to Raise a Champion Non-Athlete; Nice two-page photo ad for Pilkington glass products; Sweet colour photo full-page ad for the 1965 Lincoln Continental; Nice two-page colour ad for the new 1965 Oldsmobiles; Don Francks - Canada's next big name on Broadway; Rita Ubriaco says Canada needs less birth control and more self-control; Nice colour photo Coke ad on back cover features guy, girl and Jack-O-Lantern. Average wear. Address label on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, 3 December 1966 *MONTREAL - 16 PAGE REPORT*
Features: Gorgeous red photo ad for the 1967 Buick Wildcat Custom Sport Coupe inside front cover; Eilat hopes to be a tourist Garden of Eden; Montreal - how a big town became a great city - many great colour photos with article; Photos and brief write-ups for: Ulysse Comtois; John David Molson; Michel Robichaud; Louis Tavan; Hubert Aquin; Monique Leyrac; The Idler's Guide to Montreal; Can Israel cope with war adn peace? - Blair Fraser in Tel Aviv; Powell Smily reveals the living hell he experienced through Blackmail - it cost him $25,000 before he wrote this story; England Swings? - maybe the tiny, mini-skirted minority, but Alan Edmonds found the country depressing and he's glad to be back home; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; Enjoying Montreal without speaking French; Nice full-page colour photo ad for the Chevrolet Camaro; Ad for the Bolens snowmobile called the Diablo Rouge; Crown Zellerbach ad features a majestic black and white photo of their log-laden train passing over the Nanaimo River on it's way to the Ladysmith booming grounds; The NFB - rudderless in a sea of talent - according to Don Bell; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 30 April 1955: R. Howard Webster
Features: Great colour Sweet Caps (Caporal) ad inside front cover; Editorial - how Gulf Oil vetoed Ottawa's pipeline plans; Gorgeous colour-photo two-page ad for General Motors four-door hard tops, Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight De Luxe Holiday Sedan and Buick Special 4-door Riviera; The Unknown Man who bought the Globe and Mail - who's R. Howard Webster? - sparked by Howard's financial wizardry, the five Webster brothers mushroomed the fur and fuel empire their father, Lorne Webster, left into a private trust that virtually blankets North America in the fields of Fuel, Stevedoring, Tankers, Hardware, The Imperial Trust, and more; Why I'm out of TV - Choir leader Dr. Leslie Bell bowed out when the singers became dancers and he was made to act; The Race to sell new cars - the market has been turned topsy-turvy by the hottest competition since the horseless carriage replaced the buggy - great black and white photos!; The blonde who leaps from the clouds - RCAF Para-nurse F/O Marion Macdonald; How they'll blow up Ripple Rock - for decades this underwater monster in the Strait of Georgia has been wrecking ships and drowning sailors; When a Canadian Ruled Oregon - Towering John McLoughlin from Riviere du Loup was king of Columbia - the Oregon and Washington of today; The doctors in overalls who've changed your life - the research done by Ontario Veterinary College; That Yellow Prairie Sky - Robert Kroetsch; Is there Really an Abominable Snowman?, by Willy Ley; Nostalgic full-page colour photo ad for Toro (fortieth anniversary) mowers; Colour Visking Weiners ad; nice colour full-page ad for the all-new 1955 Plymouth; Nice colour full-page ad for the Oldsmobile 88-98. Average wear. Binding sound. Address label on front. A quality copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 30 August 1958 - Manual Baseball Scoreboard Cover Illustration
Cover illustration of the scoreboard at Maple Leaf (Baseball) Stadium by Duncan Macpherson. Features: Blair Fraser reports on Baghdad and its new Prime Minister Abdul Karim Kassem; Editorial on Princess Margaret's visit and the (smelly) Don River in Toronto; Let's Stay Off the Moon, by Bertrand Russell; When is Adultery News, by Beverley Baxter; Why Do We Hate The Police? - a Maclean's national survey; Holiday weekend in Montreal- an introduction to the fascinations of the continent's most flavorful city, revisited by novelist Morley Callaghan who once lived, worked and played there; Now even the Canoe is going Modern; What is it about Budgies? - the may soon make dogs man's second-best friend in Canada; The double life of Football's fiercest Coach - Jim Trimble is coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Women are Equal - Especially Ellen Fairclough, Canada's new Secretary of State; Colour photo sailing-themed Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 5 July 2010 - Royal Visit 2010
106 pages. Features: Refired Supreme Court judge John Major in Conversation re. bungled Air India bombing investigation; Link between residential schools and native suicide; Husky roams wild in Cobalt, Ontario; Canada Day Survey; The Jordan River is Polluted; Pakistan - land of the generals; Is Frank Stronach Canada's greediest man?; Portrait of the Queen's marriage to Prince Philip; Brothers in Arms - William and Harry; New Hoover Dam Bridge; Floyd Nicholson 1938-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 6 August, 1966 *J.V. CLINE - BOSS OF B.C.'S FORESTS*
Features: Is God Obsolete? - by June Callwood; Banff's where kids work for fun - article with photos; Pierre Sevigny - What Really Happened; How Sir John A. passed out patronage and built a nation all at once, by Eileen Turcotte; Go Riders Go! - the Saskatchewan Rough Riders are super popular! - article with photos; John Valentine (J.V.) Clyne - the BC Supreme Court Justice turned flinty business baron is one of the west coast's most powerful men - the unquestioned master of BC's giant forest industry; Why do you have such a big chest, mom? - when your children ask, give them the facts of life, all of them, by Joy Carroll; The People who have no names - Norman Elder recounts his time with a Peruvian tribe (the Machiguenga Indians) that survived the Inca conquest; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; Crown Zellerbach majestic full page black and white photo ad of one of their log-bearing trains crossing a bridge over the Nanaimo River on the way to the booming grounds at Ladysmith. Britain's Pirate Radio Stations - operating from towers built to fight Nazi pirates; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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